Figures show the number of passengers on commercial airline flights to and from Aspen is up this ski season.

But The Aspen Times reports the percentage of occupied seats is down, causing Bill Tomcich, president of the central reservations firm Stay Aspen Snowmass, to have concern about possibly of offering too many seats in the market.

"We have so much service right now that we need to be careful not to have too many seats, because we don't want to dilute the market," Tomcich said to the Times.

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Sporting a what almost appears to be a cape, this United Airlines Boeing 737 is seen departing Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on a foggy January morning.
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The last MD-11 to fly regular commercial passenger flights takes off on its last flight ever. Here, it departs Seattle on Jan. 12, 2015, en route to an aircraft 'graveyard' in California.
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Pilots from on board this MD-11 – the last to
fly regularly scheduled passenger flights - hold up a sign greeting
well-wishers and aviation enthusiasts during a stopover in Seattle on Jan. 11,
2015. The jet, formerly owned by KLM, was en route to a California aircraft
'graveyard.'
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The last passenger MD-11 jet overshadows a parking designator of the same during a stopover at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Jan. 11, 2015. The jet was en route to a aircraft 'graveyard' in California.
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Honeywell's unique Boeing 757 test bed airplane sits under the desert sun at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Feb. 2, 2015. The large covering around it is used to monitor, repair, and swap test engines that the company produces.
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Gone are the economy seats that used to grace this ex-Eastern Airways 757. They've been replaced with stations to monitor the Honeywell test equipment now on board.
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Piping, ducting, and wiring - normally hidden from view from passengers - is visible in this cabin, a Honeywell Boeing 757 test plane. Here, it is seen in Phoenix on Feb. 2, 2015.
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A next-generation weather radar system, known as intuVue, is installed for testing on board Honeywell's Boeing 757 test plane, It is seen here in Phoenix on Feb. 2, 2015.
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Notes of affection and thanks grace the exterior of the world's last passenger MD-11 jet. The jet made a stopover in Seattle en route to an aircraft 'graveyard' in California.
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Data from Aspen-Pitkin County Airport shows that among the three carriers that serve Aspen (American, Delta and United and their regional affiliates), 128,116 seats were available in January and 111,794 in February, the most since the 1994-95 ski season.

Aspen's commercial carriers combined for a 58.3% load factor in January, down from 70.9% in January 2017.

Load factor is a key industry metric that reflect the percentage of seats occupied by passengers.

"Fifty-eight percent is very low for Aspen," Tomcich added to the Times. "I expect to see a correction in the number of seats offered next January."

The muted, earthy colors of Ethiopian Airlines fill the cabin of a Bombardier Q400 between flights at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in September 2011.
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A United Airways -- yes United -- Bombardier Dash 8 lands at Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in February 2014. United Airways is a Bangladeshi carrier.
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A Delta Connection Bobmardier CRJ-700 taxis into the gate after arrival while an Alaska Airlines Bombardier Q400 heads out for departure at a wet Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in March 2016.
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Bombardier pilots show Delta Air Lines employees around a new C Series jet cockpit during a visit to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on April 29, 2016.
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A United Express CRJ regional jet is looks tiny as it is dwarfed by the massive Emirates Airbus A380 taxiing behind it at San Francisco International Airport on Oct. 23, 2016.
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An Alaska Airlines Embraer E170 is followed closely by an Alaska Airlines Bombardier Q400 as each taxi to gates at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in March 2017.
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